DM apologises over 'dumping' of homeless people outside Indore

Two days after a video went viral showing a team of municipal workers in Indore trying to 'dump' elderly homeless people along the side of a highway outside the city, the District Magistrate Manish Singh apologized to the God at Khajrana Ganesh temple.

Indore: Indore District Magistrate Manish Singh on Sunday said he has apologised to God for the local administration’s action of dumping homeless people outside the city amid the cold weather, which led to massive public outrage.

Facing flak over the incident which took place on Friday, District Magistrate Singh, while attending a religious event at a Ganesh temple in Khajrana area on Sunday, said he apologised to God on behalf of the administration.

"Whosoever might have been at fault in this incident, but we are officers and we can’t run away from our responsibility. Hence, we prayed to God to forgive us for our mistakes,” Singh told reporters.

On Friday, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan suspended an Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) official after videos of homeless people being driven out of the city and dropped near a village went viral on social media. The civic body has also removed two temporary employees from the job.

(With inputs from PTI)